Data file: Where are they now?

Within seven months of doffing their caps and gowns, 96 percent of the graduating Class of 2017 reported being employed, in graduate school, committed to volunteer service, or engaged in a fellowship (including the seven who received Fulbrights). This is according to a survey released in August 2018 by the Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment and the Career Center. The tally represents an 80 percent response from graduates in 42 states and 32 countries.

Of the 73 percent of graduates currently employed:

• The two largest cohorts work in healthcare (11 percent) or financial services
(11 percent), followed by the computer software industry (8 percent), consulting
(8 percent), and banking (7 percent).

• The high-tech provider Oracle hired 35 members of the class, the most of
any employer, followed by the professional services firm Ernst and Young (26),
Massachusetts General Hospital (23), Deloitte Consulting (22), and PricewaterhouseCoopers (22).

• Some 19 percent of the graduates of 2017 were offered a job before the start
of their senior year; 61 percent received offers during their last year (22 percent
in fall, 39 percent in spring); 18 percent were hired in the summer after Commencement, and 3 percent in the fall of 2017.

Of the 19 percent attending graduate school:

• 61 percent are pursuing master’s degrees (with the most popular being in
education, followed by STEM subjects, business, and the humanities)

• 14 percent are in law school

• 14 percent are in other doctoral programs (STEM comprising 50 percent, followed by degrees in education, dentistry, and veterinary science)

• 9 percent are in medical school.

Among the 4 percent engaged in volunteer service:

• The Jesuit Volunteer Corps leads other organizations with 28 graduates, followed by AmeriCorps (11), Peace Corps (8), and City Year (5).